Modern Terms

Question 1

Atonality

Answer 1

Tonal absence of any tonal center

Question 2

Pentatonic Scales

Answer 2

A five-note scale generally associated with Western music

Question 3

Polyrhythm

Answer 3

Simultaneous use of varying rhythmic or metric patterns

Question 4

Polytonality

Answer 4

Two or more chords combined to form a more complex harmonic unit

Question 5

Modal Scales

Answer 5

A type of scale with melodic characteristics outside of the major or minor scale system, sometimes evoking religious feelings or folk music

Question 6

Whole tone scales

Answer 6

Scalar arrangement where the pitches are each separated by a whole step

Question 7

Choreography

Answer 7

human movement and form in terms of space, shape, time and energy, typically within an emotional or non-literal context

Question 8

Antique Cymbals

Answer 8

Small brass disks that produce a ringing tone when struck together; used in the final section of Debussy’s prelude a l’apres midi d’un faune

Question 9

Glissando

Answer 9

Rapid slide up or down a scale

Question 10

Impressionism in Music

Answer 10

Movement came from painting; strove to retain their first impressions

Question 11

Changing Meter

Answer 11

Metric modulation from one metric meter to another

Question 12

Petrushka Chord

Answer 12

C Major arpeggio, super imposed on one built on F# major

Question 13

Symbolism

Answer 13

Character symbolizes the reader’s divided experience of a text

Question 14

Primitivism

Answer 14

Western art movement borrowing visual form from non-Western people

Question 15

Flutter Tongue

Answer 15

Wind instrument tonging

Question 16

Cha-Cha

Answer 16

Cuban dance of origin with energy and a steady beat

Question 17

Hemiola

Answer 17

Three beats of equal value in the time normally occupied by two beats

Question 18

Mambo

Answer 18

Cuban rumba; uses a diamond pattern instead of a box pattern with a two-measure phrase

Question 19

Tritone

Answer 19

Interval composed of three adjacent whole tones

Question 20

Verse-Chorus Structure

Answer 20

Group of lines in poetry constituting a unit a phrase from scriptures that alternates with a response

Question 21

Arch Form

Answer 21

Sectional structure in a piece of music based on repetition, in reverse order. Most musical sections are symmetrical most often around the central movement sharing the thematic material

Question 22

Berceuese

Answer 22

Musical composition in 6/8 time usually resembling a lullaby

Question 23

Senza Misura

Answer 23

In free time; without measure